Forgotten words to describe the countryside have been included in a dictionary compiled in the Cairngorms. Splorroch is the sound of walking in wet mud and a huam the moan of an owl on a warm summer day.

The language harks back not just to words which have been lost but a way of life. “These words reveal so much about our history, natural history and our changing ways of life. They are indicative of the depth, richness and variety of the Scots language and its unique relationship to nature and landscapes."

The event at Grantown Museum is the Highland launch for the book.